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11 July, 2025

Leica Elmarit-M 90mm f2.8 and a History Photo Walk

By Geoff Chaplin

11 July, 2025

/ Leica 90mm Elmarit-M, /

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13 December, 2022

5 Frames – Old Bikes, Old Camera, Old Film – By Eric Norris

By Eric Norris

Agfa film running through an Agfa camera, once quite common, is now increasingly rare as stocks of the film dwindle and the cameras fall into disrepair. But with help from my da...

12 December, 2022

NEWS: Dream Team Dubblefilm and Revolog Launch New Medium Format Specialty Films

By Molly Kate

Dubblefilm is back this week with another exciting film release. This time, they have partnered with Revolog to produce popular 35mm specialty films in medium format! Five popu...

12 December, 2022

Praktica BX20 – End of the line for Pentacon – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

I’ve recently been shooting with a Praktica BX20, which was one of the last Praktica models produced by Pentacon before they were wound up in the wake of German unification. Th...

11 December, 2022

The Humble Strap: From Shoelace to Salvation – By Tim Snow

By Tim Snow

The epitome of simplicity; it’s a strap. It attaches to your camera to help you suspend it from your shoulder or neck to keep your hands free to drink tea. To help avoid acciden...

10 December, 2022

5 Night Photography Frames with a Canon Eos 1V – Cinestill 800T – Marco Manuzzi

By Marco Manuzzi

I’ve always been a Canon guy, a digital one, and like many of us I’ve collected more than 10 EF lenses for almost every purpose. Since the pandemic breakout in 2020 I’ve started...

9 December, 2022

Mamiya C330F, and How I Turned it into a Swan – By Rene Villaroman

By RENATO VILLAROMAN

Late last year I was confined to my apartment for a week and that opened an opportunity for me to write about a 6 x 6 format camera that I have been meaning to buy for years. Th...

8 December, 2022

NEWS: A New 35mm Color Film TREAT from Dubblefilm

By Molly Kate

With a name inspired by a Banana Split with sparklers on top, how can you not fall in love with Dubblefilm’s new 35mm color film, TREAT! Based on motion picture Kodak Vision3 25...

8 December, 2022

Starting to Learn Flash – Hurdles and Discoveries So Far – By Aivaras

By Aivaras

First, a disclaimer: This is flash novices experience. I confess, that I have just touched the tip of iceberg with flash photography and there might be a lot of aspects that I h...

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Richard Becker on 5 (plus one or three) Frames of Raglan Castle – A Return to Velvia with the Best Camera Ever Made.
It is of course a Tessar equipped 530/16, made in 1937 as far as I can tell, though I would…
Richard Becker on 5 (plus one or three) Frames of Raglan Castle – A Return to Velvia with the Best Camera Ever Made.
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Jeffery Luhn on VE Day – Victory in Europe Day with a Balda CA 35 and Polaroid High Definition 200
What a cute little camera. Not in the least bit intimidating. "Mummy, why is that man pointing a toy camera…

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